The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-10

~f ""N AaSAS llClC WAS put
enc. who was bound to keep me COM.
pany for n whole hour until the train
should make its first stop. So it hap
pencd that. as l contemplated the
charms of my vis-a-yis from behind
the evening paper. which l had found
time to buy on my flight to the station.
a measure of my courage returned,
and in the inspritmg words of MI.
Gilbert, said to myself: "Ill take
heart and make a start; faint heart
never won fair lady,"
Il trust you were not alarmed br
my uncercmonious entry?" remarked.
with some inward misgivings, but
much outward assurance.
For answer, a quiet stare and q
slight contraction of the pretty mouth
of my companion-indicating her
opinion that, as q stranger and unin-
troduced. l had no right to speak to
her.
This to an ordinary male animal was
the moment for strategic attack upon
the fair ones %scruples; for me it was
the exact opposite-the moment for
fight. had flight been possible.
O%strich-likc, l buried my face behind
my newspaper-thele being no sand
northumberland in a few moments
heard. to my relief. a corresponding
rustic from the opposite side Of the
carriage as my pretty prude followed
suit. The sense of defeat and disgrace
fairly overwhelmed me for q while, and
my eyes wandered ovcr the paper l
held in my hand, seeing but UNDER
standing not what they saw. At
length they lighted upon a familiar
name, "Chippy Watson" and their
owner recovered his senses and almost
forgot his grief as he read the follow
ing lines: 1.-The Burtown Murder
Escape of the Prisoner" After de-
failing the incidents of the hearing
before the magistrates and the remand
Of the prisoner, pending the inquest.
the paragraph went on rs follows:
"On leaving the court, Watson was
conducted between four officers to the
van. Just as he vas stepping in, and
when the policemen were endeavoring
10 keep back the crowd that pressed
round, the prisoner suddenly snapped
his handouts, in some inexplicablc
manner. and knocking down the con-
stables who threw themselves upon
him, broke through the b%ystanders
and fed down the street. The whole
affair took place rs it seemed in a
second. Ono minute. and Watson,
vigorously guarded, was quietly walk
ing into the van in tho midst of the
officers; the next, and he was free,
tearing down the street with the police
and the %populace at his heels. He
was seen to dodge down d
back alley, known as Shut Lane, and
followed by the crowd of several hun
dreds. At the end of Shut Lane he
disappeared round q corner, and,
strange to say, has not been
seen again. There can be
no doubt that ne will be
recaptured, but his present escape and
disappearance + most mysterious.
We understand hat the fellow pos
sesses singular strength and agility;
but none the less. it will be a stand
ing disgrace to II police authorities
that a prisoner should thus. in broad
daylight and in the midst Of n crowded
thoroughfarc. effect his escape from
the very hands of justice. A reward
of n hundred pounds has been Of
fercd for his comprehension. Watson
is about five feet nine inches in height,
strongly built, and when he escaped
was dressed in agray fustian suit, with
u red scarf and soft hat. He may
further be distinguished by a scar
across his chin, and by having an ar
row tattOocd on the back of his left
hand"
This was about the extcntsof the in-
formation contained in the paragraph,
and my readers will agree with Inc
that tho news was sufficiently exciting
to occupy my thoughts to the complete
exclusion of the unpleasing experience
l had just passed through. As l lay
back in my seat to muse upon what /
had read. my thoughts began after
awhile to wander and my head to
nod. according to their wont at
midnight, and before long !
fell asleep. How long l slept l
can not tcll-probably for few min.
utes only-but in those few minutes l
underwent q most discomfor,ing
dream. Idreamt that Chippy Watson
stood over me, mallct in hand. and
that my travelling companion was hold
ing his arm, to avert the threatened
blow. She struggled in vain, and the
mallet fell-yet with Il strangely light
touch-upon my arm. With q start, l
| awokc, and thon saw the girl OF my
dream bending towards me with a
scrap of paper in her hand. But her
face, how terribly was 1t changed!
Instead of The dainty pink flush l had
last seen. there was y ghastly white
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